Symphony Environmental Technologies (LON:SYM) said Health Canada approved its d2p antimicrobial food contact technology for use in bread packaging.
Recently, the innovation received sign-off from America’s regulatory body, the Food & Drug Administration.
Canada gave the official thumbs-up for it to be used in polyolefin and polyester multi-layer films used for wrapping.
The introduction of d2p, a plastic additive that has been tested against yeasts, moulds and mildew, is designed to inhibit the growth of bacteria on the surface of the packaging film, which Symphony pointed out “is vital in a very hygiene-conscious industry”.
Chief executive Michael Laurier added: "We have been working for some time with customers in Canada, and approval from Health Canada now enables this project to proceed more quickly to commercialisation."